Thirty years ago, MTV was born on August 1, 1981. On its first day, MTV was still full of flaws; Black screens showed up in between videos when an MTV employee was literally putting a video into a VCR.

But a bumpy start couldn’t stop MTV from becoming an instantaneous hit; television audiences loved having their favorite musician right in their living room. “I Want My MTV” wasn’t just a brilliant advertising slogan; it fast became a way of life, with music video addicted kids running home from school to see their favorite videos play.

MTV changed the face of music, proving its original motto: “You’ll never look at music the same way again.”

But today you can look at it the way it originally was with our list of The First Ten Music Videos Ever Played On MTV.